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Tag Archive for ‘mission’

Friday 26 September

Eccles 3: 1-11; Psalm 144; Luke 9: 18-22 It’s different today. Jesus had every reason to instruct his closest associates not to reveal his identity. It would have been only too easy for the people of that time and place, given their political expectations, to misunderstand his mission and put it in jeopardy. Today it’s […]

Monday 19 May

Acts 14:5-18, Ps 115, John 14:21-26 Love me – keep my word. Jesus is the Word of God. He knows this – his whole life is a response to the love and mission of his Father. What about you? How about sitting with this text for 20 minutes in silence. Asking God what his word […]

New mission in Brownsville, Texas

Fr Tony OConnor sm has taken up a new mission among the Hispanic poeples of Brownsville.  He sent us an account of the following incident. About three weeks ago, a young lass large with child came in saying that she was due on the 11th of February but that her baby had physical brain defects […]

Thursday 20 March

Jeremiah 17:5-10, Ps 1, Luke 16:19-31 Our mission “We only continue the mission of Christ when we get involved in the lives of the poor, when we reach out to them in their pain, when we try to meet their needs. This cannot happen if we separate ourselves from the poor. “The human person in […]

Reflections on Marist Spirtuality (1)

Fr Denis Mahony, who died last year, presented these Reflections on Marist Spirituality at Marist Training Centre in Tutu, Fiji. They were published in Tutu – Another Way, written by Adele M.E. Jones with Michael McVerry sm, and published in 2012, and are reprinted with permission.  Mary’s dream Two hundred years ago Mary shared her […]

Saturday 30 November

St Andrew Rom 10: 9-18, Ps 19A, Matthew 4:18-22 We are called to take part in the New Evangelisation. But they will not ask Jesus’ help unless they believe in him, and they will not believe unless they have heard of him, and they will not hear unless they have a preacher, and they will […]

Tuesday 12 November

St Josaphat Wisdom 2:23-3:9, Ps 34, Luke 17:7-10 Josaphat was a servant of the Lord who dedicated his life to healing the split between the Orthodox and Catholic Church. In his life as a bishop and martyr he found himself put to the test: yet he was faithful in his mission as a preacher, as […]

Thursday 7 November

Rom 14:7-12, Ps 27, Luke 15:1-10 Lost and found We know the experience of losing what is precious to us: even simple things like a beloved animal, or [the ever necessary] money: and we know the experience of joy when we find the animal, or the money we have lost. Imagine then the sorrow of […]

Tuesday 5 November

Rom 12:5-16, Ps 131, Luke 14:15-24 Engaging our gifts There is to be no unemployed or disengaged member in the body of Christ. Each of us has been given a gift to build up the Body, and each of us has been issued an invitation to partake at the Lord’s Table. Our gifts differ, according […]

Monday 14 October

Romans 1:1-7, Psalm 98, Luke 11:29-32 “Through Jesus Christ we received grace and our apostolic mission.” We often hear about mission statements. In the Cenacle Sisters’ mission statement we say: “We companion people on their faith journey in the midst of life.” How do you express your mission statement? How do you use the natural […]